JOHN THE BAPTIST A PLAY BY HERMANN SUDERMANN
Beatrice Marshall translation
TRANSLATED BY BEATRICE MARSHALL
LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD VIGO STREET W. NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMIX
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH
PERSONS IN THE PLAY
Herod Antipas. Tetrarch of Galilee.
Herodias.
Salome. Her daughter.
Vitellius. Legate of Syria.
Marcellus. His companion.
Merokles, the rhetorician } At the Court of Herod.
Gabalos, the Syrian.
Jabad, the Levite.
John. Called "The Baptist."
Josaphat. } His disciples.
Matthias.
Amarja.
Manassa.
Jael. Josaphat's wife.
Their two Children.
Hadidja. Maid in the Palace.
Miriam. } Playfellows of Salome.
Abi.
Maecha.
Mesulemeth. A beggar-woman.
Amasai. } Pharisees.
Jorab.
Eliakim. } Citizens of Jerusalem.
Pasur.
Hachmoni.
Simon. The Galilean.
First Galilean.
Second Galilean.
A Paralytic.
First Priest.
Second Priest.
A Citizen of Jerusalem.
The Commander of the Roman Soldiers.
First } Roman Soldier.
Second
Third
The Captain of the Palace Guard.
The Gaoler.
Men and Women from Jerusalem, Pilgrims, Roman Legionaries, Men and Maidservants in the Palace.
Time of Action. The Year 29 after Christ.
Scene of Action. During the Prelude a rocky wilderness near Jerusalem.
In the First, Second, and Third Acts. Jerusalem.
In the Fourth and Fifth Acts. A town of Galilee.